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v o l l c 57 3 & 0 -- 8 the north-c^rolins magazine o r universal intelligencer , - â– â– â– â– - ii in i hi ... ... , i i i n i from friday july 2o to f r i d a y july 27 1764 o f acred hunger of pernicious gold what bands of faith can impious lucre hold has given us no means or inftruments for re venge and mifchief thus far that good emperor in a letter to his friend antigonus but where the love of money has taken pofteflionofthe heart there is no beaft fo cruel as man : they feek their prey to fatisfy their hunger which may be ap peas'd ; but the avaricious ciin never be fatis fy'd and none efcapes him with whom he is able to cope covetoufnefs baniflies not only every virtue but even humanity itfelf ; and changing nature the groans of the opprefted become mufick and the miferies of mankind a grateful and delighting spectacle what mi feries has not this vice brought upon whole nations ? how many have been made defolate by avarice there is fcarcc a crime which does not take rife from the auri facra fames this makes the minifter betray his truit and fell the profperity of his country : inftigatcd by this infatiable thirfr of riches men not only prottitute their wives and daughters but give up their liberties and joyfully ex change their native rights for gilded fetters there is noth'ng the avaricious will flop at murder treafon sacrilege are puny crimes and gold renders them imperceptible ap peafes or prevents the stings and remorfe of cowfcience argues and convinces avarice corrupts the judge fides with the powerful and treads the poor under foot where a man once is enflved by the love of money he never afks what's juft but what's lucrative ; nor what's reafonable but what makes for his intereft did the life of a son or father fhnd in the way of fuch a man's gain he would think it no crime to remove him but what is j^t)ji)g t is to me aftonifhing fftys that v t w inmrtal prince that cbnjtian 3s a j*l htathen y marcus antonius that i v^'4 */ man fallowing mercy to be the ttk^jt/ex \ jr n â€¢ i Â» a â€¢Â» r molt amublc attribute of the gods and having daily inft.snces of their for bearmce notwithstanding the repeated af fronts oiter'd can have the heart to injure his ftllovv creature or even to return wrongs few it the g ds vvcre fa fevere in their purnfti jnent nd meafur'd with the fame meafure mortals do one only offence would be fuffi cient to deprive us of life who continues he can be cruel either through wantonnefs re venge or filthy lucre dtferves not the ap pellation of man \ for man the gods as is evident by his make dcfien'd an inoffcnlivc fociable creature : he is not furnifhed with one natural inftriimeiit fof cruelty but with many for mercy and companion : he has two eyes to behold and com mift race the indigent and helplcfs : fie has two feet to cany him to the temple to pnife the gods ; ar^d to thofe who want his aftiftance to imitate their good nefs he has two hands to distribute on cither side he has a tongue to plead for the wi dow orphan 3pvl helplcfs prifoncr ; he has a heart to ove the gods under landing to know evil and difcretion to chufe what's good : he h^s not the hums of a bull the hoof of a horfc the claws of a 1 y^er the teeth of a lyon or the venom of a serpent ; for as the gods aie merciful fo have they dt fign'd us miid and cwttpafliomte and nature

v o l l c 57 3 & 0 -- 8 the north-c^rolins magazine o r universal intelligencer , - â– â– â– â– - ii in i hi ... ... , i i i n i from friday july 2o to f r i d a y july 27 1764 o f acred hunger of pernicious gold what bands of faith can impious lucre hold has given us no means or inftruments for re venge and mifchief thus far that good emperor in a letter to his friend antigonus but where the love of money has taken pofteflionofthe heart there is no beaft fo cruel as man : they feek their prey to fatisfy their hunger which may be ap peas'd ; but the avaricious ciin never be fatis fy'd and none efcapes him with whom he is able to cope covetoufnefs baniflies not only every virtue but even humanity itfelf ; and changing nature the groans of the opprefted become mufick and the miferies of mankind a grateful and delighting spectacle what mi feries has not this vice brought upon whole nations ? how many have been made defolate by avarice there is fcarcc a crime which does not take rife from the auri facra fames this makes the minifter betray his truit and fell the profperity of his country : inftigatcd by this infatiable thirfr of riches men not only prottitute their wives and daughters but give up their liberties and joyfully ex change their native rights for gilded fetters there is noth'ng the avaricious will flop at murder treafon sacrilege are puny crimes and gold renders them imperceptible ap peafes or prevents the stings and remorfe of cowfcience argues and convinces avarice corrupts the judge fides with the powerful and treads the poor under foot where a man once is enflved by the love of money he never afks what's juft but what's lucrative ; nor what's reafonable but what makes for his intereft did the life of a son or father fhnd in the way of fuch a man's gain he would think it no crime to remove him but what is j^t)ji)g t is to me aftonifhing fftys that v t w inmrtal prince that cbnjtian 3s a j*l htathen y marcus antonius that i v^'4 */ man fallowing mercy to be the ttk^jt/ex \ jr n â€¢ i Â» a â€¢Â» r molt amublc attribute of the gods and having daily inft.snces of their for bearmce notwithstanding the repeated af fronts oiter'd can have the heart to injure his ftllovv creature or even to return wrongs few it the g ds vvcre fa fevere in their purnfti jnent nd meafur'd with the fame meafure mortals do one only offence would be fuffi cient to deprive us of life who continues he can be cruel either through wantonnefs re venge or filthy lucre dtferves not the ap pellation of man \ for man the gods as is evident by his make dcfien'd an inoffcnlivc fociable creature : he is not furnifhed with one natural inftriimeiit fof cruelty but with many for mercy and companion : he has two eyes to behold and com mift race the indigent and helplcfs : fie has two feet to cany him to the temple to pnife the gods ; ar^d to thofe who want his aftiftance to imitate their good nefs he has two hands to distribute on cither side he has a tongue to plead for the wi dow orphan 3pvl helplcfs prifoncr ; he has a heart to ove the gods under landing to know evil and difcretion to chufe what's good : he h^s not the hums of a bull the hoof of a horfc the claws of a 1 y^er the teeth of a lyon or the venom of a serpent ; for as the gods aie merciful fo have they dt fign'd us miid and cwttpafliomte and nature